Envelop.



c. E. C ATHER L R. c. BOOTH. ENVELOPL APPLICATION FILED AUG-.30| 1913.

1,185,767. Pmnd June 6,1916.

clientes in. carrier., onlwononsrna, Ann Renner, `c.f'13o`;"rii,or.'normanniinlassacontents into an irregularly shaped parcel..

envelop blank in its expanded form and blank, as representedy at 9,Fig.3. The

'folded upon the body portion of the eny onusnrrsnssqnons TD UNITEDvs'rlvrns nnvnnorfn coMrANv, 'or srarnerinm), MessAcHUsETrs, A',ooaronerronor immun."- 1

1,135,767, Specifications Lam-Braam. Y' "Patented annee; 1916.

.fnemuguseaog1913- `serenita. 187,531. I if .'.fl i 5 l 'i To all/whom tmay concern x vBe it known tl1at w.e,.\GnARLns E, Carlini:r andRounT C.Boorn, both citizens of the United- States, residing at l-Vorcester andlHolden, respectively, 'hingthe-county of lVorcesterand Commenwealtlibtl'assachu-' seits, have jointly invented; a .newrand useful Improvementin Envelope, of which the following is a specification, accompanied bydrawings forming a part of the same.

Our present invention relates to an improvement in that class ofenvelops designed to containmerchandise and be transmitted through themails.

It consists in the construction and arrangement of parts .as hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the annexed claims.

The object of our invention is to avoid the difliculty of applyingstamps, post marks, or written matter to the body portion of an envelopwhen the same is expanded by its l Application folded upon andattaehedjto' the,"v outer surfaces of the `flaps ,f5 and 6,asrepresented in Fig. I 1;. The operation Soff foldingtlie' kflap *"5 funen fthe ibo-'fly Dertien eftthe settler causes it to adhere to thebody., pprtipi of theenyfelop byaneanS 0f the `strip 1 of gum 9,

upon the body`portion of ythe envelop is caused to adhere by reason ofthe strip of gum 9. The adhesion of the flaps 5 and 6 to the bodyportion of the envelop by means of the gummed surface 9 securely closesthe venvelop upon `-the plane of the gummed surenvelop from passing intothe space between the gummed surface 9 and the end of the envelop whichis closedA by the back flap 4.. The insertion of the merchandise is aptto bulge the envelop, making it inconvenient to thereto, or to post markthe package. rlhis difculty is entirely obviated by our presentimprovement, as that portion of the envelop between the gummed surface 9and the end closedby the back flap remains flat, allow- Referring to theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents an elevation of our improvedenvelop. Fig. 2`is a sectional longitudinal cross section. Fig. 3represents the applied thereto, or a post mark affixed.

W'e are awareA that the body portion of 'the envelop may be closedbetween its ends otherwise than by the application of a gummed strip 9.We are also aware that it has been proposed to provide an envelop withan extension to receive an address, and We do not claim such broadly.The essenprovided with adhesive material preparatory to the completionof the 'envelop by folding.

Similar, reference letters and figures refer to similar parts in thedifferent views. Referring to the drawings .l denotes the body portionof an envelop formed from a blank 2, represented in its dat or expandedform in Fig'. 3.

3 denotes the seal flap, 4 the back flap, and 5, 6, two aps upon eachside of the body portion which are folded upon the body portion withtheir overlapping edges attached.

In preparing the blank represented in Fig. 8 for thezoperation offolding, gum is applied to the back Hap 4, to the seal flap 3 upon itsshaded portion 7, to the shaded portion 8 of the flap 6, and also in anarrow band extending transversely across the heres in the forming of asecond` or supplemental bottom to the space within the envelop 1n whichthe merchandise 1s contained, for

velop dat and not distorted by the insertion of its contents, andproviding@ space back flap 4, which consists of a double thickness ofungummed paper, upon which the address may be written and the mailing'-stamp affixed and canceled.

We claim,

1. As a new article of manufacture, a merchandise envelop having frontand rear walls, a seal flap at one end, and a bottom. iap at the otherend permanently uniting gummed blank, as represented in Fig'. yis thenfolded alpen the lines 10, 11 and ,12, and in the order named. The flap5' is thus velop.- The flap 6 `is next folded upon the body portion ofthe envelop withJ the gummed surface 8 overlapping the edge of Q Y rearwalls being permanently united trans- 'the flap 5, and finally the backHap 4 is ,versel at a distance removed troia said write the addressthereon, to affix stamps ing the address to be written thereon, stampstial feature of our invention, however, in-

the purpose of leaving one end of the en.

between the gummed strip 9 and the gummed face 9, preventing thecontents piaced in the v said front and rear walls. said front andLlosed bottom flap to provide a bottom for the lnerehandise poeket ofthe envelop, whereby an uugununed eetion is provided between said bottom[lap and said bottom.

2. As a new article, of manutan-ture, a mereliandise envelop formed froma blank having?r a body portion forming a front wall and having sideflaps folded upon said body portion to form a rear \vall.`a bottom lapfolded upon said side flaps and attache" thereto. to permanently unitesaid front and rear walls. said Afront and rearwallbbeing perniailentlunited transversely at a vdistance rem'oved from said bottom Hap to pro-`vide a bottom for'tlie merchandise poeket-,of

the envelop. Y

3. merehandl envelop having,r one end onen and having.r its opposite endclosed by a narrow flap of substantially uniform width, and means` foruniting the front and haelt of the envelop on a line eontivuons to

